A personal journey through Black identity
African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes. The film directly addresses sexism and homophobia within the black community, with snippets of misogynistic and anti-gay slurs from popular hip-hop songs juxtaposed with interviews with African-American intellectuals and political theorists, including Cornel West, bell hooks and Angela Davis.
Directed byMarlon Riggs
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- October 11, 1995
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Marlon Riggs
Self
Angela Davis
Self
bell hooks
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self
Cornel West
Self
Maulana Karenga
Self
Barbara Smith
Self
Michele Wallace
Self
- Directed by
- Marlon Riggs
- Produced by
- Marlon Riggs
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